Verb to be

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Explanation:





  • Was/Were: Learn how to use them through a video.




Online Exercises:


Present Tense:


  • Exercise 1: Watch a video and complete with the right form of the verb to be.


  • Exercise 3: Fill in the blanks with BE... Be careful, you must conjugate it!


  • Exercise 5: Put the sentences in order. Click on the words to build sentences.




  • Exercise 9 : How old are you? Flash multiple-choice quiz with feedback.

  • Exercise 10: Fill the blanks with the correct present tense form of the verb to be.

  • Exercise 11: Choose the correct form of be (am, are, is).

  • Exercise 12: Put in the following forms of be (am, are, is) into the gaps. Do not use short/contracted forms.

  • Exercise 13: Put in the following forms of be (am, are, is) into the gaps in the text. Do not use short/contracted forms.

  • Exercise 14: 2be or Nottoobee. Begin the game by choosing a character in either Level 1 or 2. To be present and past.

  • Exercise 15: Exercise 15: Answer questions in a quest for fame and fortune with a video and an activity created by Renée Maufroid.

  • Exercise 16: Positive statements. Choose the correct to be form from the list to fit the sentence.

  • Exercise 17: Negative statements. Choose the correct to be form from the list to fit the sentence.

  • Exercise 18: Questions. Choose the correct to be form from the list to fit the sentence.

  • Exercise 19: Complete with the right form of the verb to be.


  • Exercise 21: Different activities: matching, dictation, multiple choice, etc.




  • Exercise 25: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb to be.


  • Exercise 27: Complete sentences with the verb to be affirmative.





  • Exercise 32: How old ...? Answer the questions/Choose the correct answer/Complete the sentences.

  • Exercise 33: Colours. IS IT (COLOUR)? YES, IT IS OR NO, IT ISN´T.

  • Exercise 34: Monster (1st part). Look and complete with am, is, area, have or has.

  • Exercise 35: Monsters (2nd part). Look and complete with am, is, area, have or has.





Past Tense:


  • Exercise 1: Complete with to be in the past tense.

  • Exercise 2: Complete with to be in the past tense.

  • Exercise 3: Choose the correct past tense answer for each question.


  • Exercise 5: Yes/No questions. Write questions in the past tense using the prompts.

  • Exercise 6: Put in was not or were not into the gaps.


  • Exercise 8: Complete with the correct form was or were.

  • Exercise 9: Complete with the correct negative form was or were.

  • Exercise 10: Complete with the correct interrogative form was or were.





  • Exercise 15: This exercise consists of two parts: Multiple choice and choose the correct answer. The aim is to make students practice Wh- words in questions using verb to be.






  • Exercise 21: Multiple choice on verb to be in the past.

  • Exercise 22: Places in town. This is an exercise to practice the verb to be in simple present and simple past, making sentences related to the town: "we are at the cinema", "they were at the zoo", etc.





Print-Outs:








  • To be or not to be: These are the perfect exercises to practise the verb to be. They force the students to think a little and use the theory in practice.




Listening:


  • Dictation: Click here to listen to the dictation and write or type the sentence down. Click here for the answers to each dictation.

  • The verb to be:




  • Imagine: Listen to the song and complete the lyrics.